Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Elk in the Woods: An Older Finish

I was right that I wouldn't have time to quilt during Spring Break, so I thought I would post about a slightly older finish. :D ﻿

I finished this quilt in January, but I didn't want to blog about it until after someone's birthday. I call it "Elk in the Woods" and gave it to my sweet husband for his birthday. He was really surprised, and wondered where I got the fabric. ;)

[Panda loved the little quilt (coaster) that came with it, but Monkey was more interested in helping daddy open the next present!]

The fabric is a Riley Blake and actually came from the scraps of these two quilts which I made for the grandfathers last year. It was their Father's Day/Birthday gifts last year.

The only thing I had to purchase was the backing. It is a Thimbleberries print.

I think it is so funny that I could surprise my husband, because I know he saw me cutting out the fabric once or twice, and it did hang on my design wall at one time. Sometimes I am glad he is a little forgetful.

I cut out all of the squares at 3 inches except for three which I cut out at 5.5 inches. I kept three big elk in the quilt. I was careful when fussy cutting out the elk fabric, because I didn't want any squares with just elk behinds. Having three boys, I did not want to go there. Lol.

I really like the way it turned out and my husband loves it. He plans on hanging it in his office at work. What a sweety!

I had four left over 3 inch squares, so I used them to make a little coaster. Panda thinks it is so cool and likes to use it to rub his face. He told me that his Pooh Bear now needs a little quilt.

Thank you for my "much needed" daily smile. I'm still smiling about you, not wanting any elk "behinds" on the quilt. I might have missed that, as well, until it was too late. The quilt is wonderful and I'm so pleased that your husband is going to hang it somewhere special. It looks like you have a Pooh Bear quilt, to make next.

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